Parting the Wild Horses Mane
What a beautiful name for an exercise movement.
From Beijing 24 Curriculum by author
b. Part the Wild Horses Mane.
(TCC & Q, pp. 94-95)
i. Step slightly left (3"-6") while stepping forward.
ii. Synchronize waist turn left with raising left hand.
iii. Left hand, nose height; right hand relaxed, but
pointing toward left hand, head erect.
iv. 70%-30% Bow stance.
v. Repeat on right side. Repeat on left side.
Perform Parting the Wild Horses Mane before reading the Quote section below:
Question:
slant flying vs. part wild horse's mane:
In classical Yang long form, I am having some trouble seeing the difference in the two postures slant flying vs. part wild horse's mane.
Any advice?
-keniz138
Answer:
To make the difference clear, I need to explain the martial application.
Parting the wild horses manes is executed with the force of separating your hands at the end of the move. Really think of tearing your opponent(not with brute force but intention by the mind) with the separation of your hands(lie force) until the move ends.
Slant flying is a diagonal move, the force is a diagonal lifting force. Before and inbetween there is an elbow strike(zhou force) or a weak shoulder strike(kao). Both techniques require diagonallly directed force
Do you have a video, Dr. Lam's 24 forms show parting the wild horses manes He explained this while his student is moving. Both moves is executed with"no mind" and a lot of intention of doing. Half thinking, half not thinking, said my GM
soraya
"I love my iPod" is an awesome song by Daphne Kalfon, the artist who first wrote (as far as I know at this point) "I love my Mac". "iPod, Nano, Nano, Shuffle, Shuffle, Video, here to stay/all the rage" - can't get more focused than that - singing essentially a love song about a computer device. Of course, men have been singing about their cars, etc. for millenia (well, not cars for millenia, but you get the idea). I can listen to this song over and over, it's so catchy and full of insistent beat.
I heard this song for the first time this evening, on the 12/15/06 MacCast, episode 170. Per this MacCast, it was cool to hear a podcast reviewing so quickly the silly (prescient?) announcement by Gizmodo on Friday that the iPhone would be released this coming Monday (12/18/06). Hmmmm. I don't think that Steve Jobs would do something quite that sudden (before MacWorld)...but if he does, he's sure to have a great reason. :-)
I just spoke to my long-time teacher, Larry, this evening. We've been out of communication for awhile...but our planets seem to be aligning again after lagging awhile on different sides of the Solar System. He mentioned that a friend of his, James Simon, who's a local Pgh artist, has started up a Wu-style class in Lawrenceville on Tuesday evenings. Hmmm, another reason to relocate the job back to the Pittsburgh region (versus Wheeling - long commutes put the kibbosh on other activities..). I mentioned that we should re-start the Sunday morning class that we'd had together for 10 years, but which had fallen apart about the time that I moved to California in 2000. Larry agreed...but point out that we're in the midst of Winter. Hmmm, point well taken. :-)
12/17/06
The Books
Structure:
1. Saying
2. Definition
3. Observation
4. Exercise
5. Books
6. vids/podcasts
Home
The creator of the dailypetabyte concept is also the creator of Silurian-Devonian Films.
Send e-mail comments to dailypetabyte
The content of these pages were inspired by the creative collision between the events that occurred at PodCampPittsburgh and the author's personal experiences and desire to help filter the human experience.
Welcome to your PBwiki!
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.